Ban Calf-Roping at the Calgary Stampede
Target:
Calgary Stampede
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During calf roping, calves, running at speeds of up to 27 miles per hour, are jerked off their feet by a rope slung around their necks and then slammed to the ground. The calves may suffer paralysis, throat and neck injuries, and broken bones. Many die. Calves have become paralyzed from severe spinal cord injury, and their tracheas have been totally or partially severed.
It is not hard for anyone with a heart to understand what is wrong with clotheslining a baby animal, body slamming it to the ground and tying its legs so it cannot move. If this were done to a puppy or kitten, the offender would be charged with crimes and likely jailed.
Incredibly, rodeo people have no problem with committing an act of cruelty against a baby cow during calf roping. A roping calf is only three to four months old. After that, they become too heavy for the cowboys to handle.
Calf-roping on the range bears no resemblance to calf roping at the rodeo. In the rodeo, it is a timed event, and indefensible abuse to the calf is the price paid for a competitive time. On the range, calves are roped carefully, and slowly brought to a halt.
On the range, calves are roped for care, or to protect them from danger. In rodeos, calves are endangered for amusement. This "sport" violently and specifically preys upon baby animals, and then calls itself "family entertainment!"
Please sign this petition & let the Calgary Stampede know that you want a BAN on Calf Roping.
Hopefully this cruel "sport" will be banned by Stampede 2009.
Last year the Second Largest Rodeo in Canada, The Cloverdale rodeo in BC Banned Calf Roping after a calf was put down after its leg was broken.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=59248c32-7191-4453-8f74-2d58b8234126
For more information on Calf Roping please visit....
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000680
http://www.bucktherodeo.com/prcalet.html
In the U.S., calf roping is prohibited in Rhode Island and Baltimore
County, Maryland, while internationally, Germany and the Australian
state of Victoria do not allow the event.
Rodeos are banned in San Francisco and Napa County, Calif., St.
Petersburg, Fla., Fort Wayne, Ind., the U.K. and Australia's Capital
Territories.
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000679
It is not hard for anyone with a heart to understand what is wrong with clotheslining a baby animal, body slamming it to the ground and tying its legs so it cannot move. If this were done to a puppy or kitten, the offender would be charged with crimes and likely jailed.
Incredibly, rodeo people have no problem with committing an act of cruelty against a baby cow during calf roping. A roping calf is only three to four months old. After that, they become too heavy for the cowboys to handle.
Calf-roping on the range bears no resemblance to calf roping at the rodeo. In the rodeo, it is a timed event, and indefensible abuse to the calf is the price paid for a competitive time. On the range, calves are roped carefully, and slowly brought to a halt.
On the range, calves are roped for care, or to protect them from danger. In rodeos, calves are endangered for amusement. This "sport" violently and specifically preys upon baby animals, and then calls itself "family entertainment!"
Please sign this petition & let the Calgary Stampede know that you want a BAN on Calf Roping.
Hopefully this cruel "sport" will be banned by Stampede 2009.
Last year the Second Largest Rodeo in Canada, The Cloverdale rodeo in BC Banned Calf Roping after a calf was put down after its leg was broken.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=59248c32-7191-4453-8f74-2d58b8234126
For more information on Calf Roping please visit....
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000680
http://www.bucktherodeo.com/prcalet.html
In the U.S., calf roping is prohibited in Rhode Island and Baltimore
County, Maryland, while internationally, Germany and the Australian
state of Victoria do not allow the event.
Rodeos are banned in San Francisco and Napa County, Calif., St.
Petersburg, Fla., Fort Wayne, Ind., the U.K. and Australia's Capital
Territories.
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000679
During calf roping, calves, running at speeds of up to 27 miles per hour, are jerked off their feet by a rope slung around their necks and then slammed to the ground. The calves may suffer paralysis, throat and neck injuries, and broken bones. Many die. Calves have become paralyzed from severe spinal cord injury, and their tracheas have been totally or partially severed.
It is not hard for anyone with a heart to understand what is wrong with clotheslining a baby animal, body slamming it to the ground and tying its legs so it cannot move. If this were done to a puppy or kitten, the offender would be charged with crimes and likely jailed.
Incredibly, rodeo people have no problem with committing an act of cruelty against a baby cow during calf roping. A roping calf is only three to four months old. After that, they become too heavy for the cowboys to handle.
Calf-roping on the range bears no resemblance to calf roping at the rodeo. In the rodeo, it is a timed event, and indefensible abuse to the calf is the price paid for a competitive time. On the range, calves are roped carefully, and slowly brought to a halt.
On the range, calves are roped for care, or to protect them from danger. In rodeos, calves are endangered for amusement. This "sport" violently and specifically preys upon baby animals, and then calls itself "family entertainment!"
Please sign this petition & let the Calgary Stampede know that you want a BAN on Calf Roping.
Hopefully this cruel "sport" will be banned by Stampede 2009.
Last year the Second Largest Rodeo in Canada, The Cloverdale rodeo in BC Banned Calf Roping after a calf was put down after its leg was broken.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=59248c32-7191-4453-8f74-2d58b8234126
For more information on Calf Roping please visit....
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000680
http://www.bucktherodeo.com/prcalet.html
In the U.S., calf roping is prohibited in Rhode Island and Baltimore
County, Maryland, while internationally, Germany and the Australian
state of Victoria do not allow the event.
Rodeos are banned in San Francisco and Napa County, Calif., St.
Petersburg, Fla., Fort Wayne, Ind., the U.K. and Australia's Capital
Territories.
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000679
It is not hard for anyone with a heart to understand what is wrong with clotheslining a baby animal, body slamming it to the ground and tying its legs so it cannot move. If this were done to a puppy or kitten, the offender would be charged with crimes and likely jailed.
Incredibly, rodeo people have no problem with committing an act of cruelty against a baby cow during calf roping. A roping calf is only three to four months old. After that, they become too heavy for the cowboys to handle.
Calf-roping on the range bears no resemblance to calf roping at the rodeo. In the rodeo, it is a timed event, and indefensible abuse to the calf is the price paid for a competitive time. On the range, calves are roped carefully, and slowly brought to a halt.
On the range, calves are roped for care, or to protect them from danger. In rodeos, calves are endangered for amusement. This "sport" violently and specifically preys upon baby animals, and then calls itself "family entertainment!"
Please sign this petition & let the Calgary Stampede know that you want a BAN on Calf Roping.
Hopefully this cruel "sport" will be banned by Stampede 2009.
Last year the Second Largest Rodeo in Canada, The Cloverdale rodeo in BC Banned Calf Roping after a calf was put down after its leg was broken.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=59248c32-7191-4453-8f74-2d58b8234126
For more information on Calf Roping please visit....
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000680
http://www.bucktherodeo.com/prcalet.html
In the U.S., calf roping is prohibited in Rhode Island and Baltimore
County, Maryland, while internationally, Germany and the Australian
state of Victoria do not allow the event.
Rodeos are banned in San Francisco and Napa County, Calif., St.
Petersburg, Fla., Fort Wayne, Ind., the U.K. and Australia's Capital
Territories.
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000679
We signed the "Ban Calf-Roping at the Calgary Stampede" petition!
# 2,565:
12:07 am PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 2,564:
8:45 pm PST, Jan 6,
Hannah Arth, Arizona
This cruelty is just wrong. Whoever does this to the animals, should have it done right back to them. If the animals deserve it, then we all deserve it. If I ever saw animal abuse going on in any way shape or form, I think I would do anything I could to stop it. Even if it means having to call the "police."
This cruelty is just wrong. Whoever does this to the animals, should have it done right back to them. If the animals deserve it, then we all deserve it. If I ever saw animal abuse going on in any way shape or form, I think I would do anything I could to stop it. Even if it means having to call the "police."
# 2,563:
11:39 am PST, Dec 29,
Sara Decker, Canada
# 2,562:
7:09 pm PST, Dec 28,
Christine Wijma, Uruguay
# 2,561:
4:00 pm PST, Dec 28,
Annie Choiniere, Canada
# 2,560:
8:34 pm PST, Dec 27,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 2,559:
10:26 am PST, Dec 22,
Sergio Borges patrón, Spain
# 2,558:
3:50 am PST, Dec 21,
Carol Crunkhorn, New Zealand
What the hell is wrong with these morons that they get pleasure by causing pain and injury to 3 to 4 month old calves? This is extreme cruelty and it is being condoned by county officials and by the public who pay to watch such barbaric events. Only cowards treat animals this way, real men would never stoop so low. Stop calling them cowboys and start calling them cowards, that's what they are. Incidentally, New Zealand's city of Auckland bans rodeos.
What the hell is wrong with these morons that they get pleasure by causing pain and injury to 3 to 4 month old calves? This is extreme cruelty and it is being condoned by county officials and by the public who pay to watch such barbaric events. Only cowards treat animals this way, real men would never stoop so low. Stop calling them cowboys and start calling them cowards, that's what they are. Incidentally, New Zealand's city of Auckland bans rodeos.
# 2,557:
3:34 am PST, Dec 21,
H Lenharth, Ireland
# 2,555:
11:42 am PST, Dec 20,
Ellen Kristensen, Denmark
# 2,554:
11:29 am PST, Dec 20,
Yolande Gonzalez, France
# 2,553:
10:52 am PST, Dec 20,
Yelena Pupkina, New York
Why to do this?! Why not just let them roam in at least closed area?! What's wrong with these people!!!
Why to do this?! Why not just let them roam in at least closed area?! What's wrong with these people!!!
# 2,552:
10:47 am PST, Dec 20,
Britt Johnson, United Kingdom
This is barbaric and wicked..all rodeo sport is barbaric..none of it is necessary..some very unpleasant people obviously enjoy seeing animals suffer..disgusting..they wouldnt like it if it was done would they..animals have feelings too..
This is barbaric and wicked..all rodeo sport is barbaric..none of it is necessary..some very unpleasant people obviously enjoy seeing animals suffer..disgusting..they wouldnt like it if it was done would they..animals have feelings too..
# 2,551:
10:34 am PST, Dec 20,
Kat Bryan, United Kingdom
These calves are sentient creatures and feel a full range of emotions that we ourselves would feel if chased around lassood round the throat and slammed to the floor without reason, ban it... NOW.
These calves are sentient creatures and feel a full range of emotions that we ourselves would feel if chased around lassood round the throat and slammed to the floor without reason, ban it... NOW.
# 2,550:
10:09 am PST, Dec 20,
Naida Halilovic, Bosnia And Herzegovina
# 2,549:
9:37 am PST, Dec 20,
Nadezhda Peneva, Spain
# 2,548:
9:30 am PST, Dec 20,
Jennifer Baker, United Kingdom
# 2,547:
9:27 am PST, Dec 20,
Beatrix Fischer, Germany
# 2,546:
9:11 am PST, Dec 20,
Miriam Shahd, Germany
What disturbes me so much is not only the pain, but also the FEAR these poor animals must feel. They're babies and should be with their mothers. They don't know what's happening to them. :-((((((((((
What disturbes me so much is not only the pain, but also the FEAR these poor animals must feel. They're babies and should be with their mothers. They don't know what's happening to them. :-((((((((((
# 2,545:
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12:29 pm PST, Dec 19,
THE Phoenix, California
COMPASSION WILL BE SHOWN TO Calgary Stampede, AND THEIR STATES' ELECTED OFFICIALS, PROPORTIONATE TO THE COMPASSION THEY'VE ELECTED FOR THESE CALVES. NON NEGOTIABLE. |
# 2,544:
9:13 am PST, Dec 19,
Chantal Duivesteijn, Netherlands
# 2,543:
8:57 am PST, Dec 19,
Christine Riches, United Kingdom
# 2,542:
8:46 am PST, Dec 19,
Catherine Clarkson, Michigan
# 2,541:
8:40 am PST, Dec 19,
Emma Lloyd, United Kingdom
# 2,540:
8:36 am PST, Dec 19,
Judy Zabriskie, Wisconsin
# 2,539:
8:19 am PST, Dec 19,
Yael Veenstra, Netherlands
# 2,538:
12:23 pm PST, Dec 17,
Name not displayed, Hungary
# 2,537:
7:27 am PST, Dec 17,
Tonya Ballingham-Mick, Texas
# 2,536:
5:39 am PST, Dec 17,
Name not displayed, Netherlands
# 2,535:
5:32 pm PST, Dec 13,
Marjorie Foth, Canada
This needs to stop. There is no reason for it.
This needs to stop. There is no reason for it.
# 2,534:
2:31 pm PST, Dec 13,
P. McFarlane, Canada
# 2,533:
1:42 pm PST, Dec 7,
C. Collins, Vermont
# 2,532:
7:33 pm PST, Dec 5,
Kellen Casey, Texas
# 2,531:
12:28 pm PST, Dec 3,
Brianna Thorbergson, Oklahoma
# 2,530:
5:59 am PST, Nov 30,
Loric Marina, France
# 2,529:
4:10 am PST, Nov 30,
Stacy Sim, Thailand
If people want to wage war on each other or go to war, it is by their own choice. I watched the videos on sharkonline.org and I am horrified and appalled by the atrocities committed against these animals. What rights do these people have to treat animals in such a barbarous way! I would like to see such animal cruelty legally banned and these actions stopped. I want people to come together and stand up for these animals who cannot speak out for themselves.
If people want to wage war on each other or go to war, it is by their own choice. I watched the videos on sharkonline.org and I am horrified and appalled by the atrocities committed against these animals. What rights do these people have to treat animals in such a barbarous way! I would like to see such animal cruelty legally banned and these actions stopped. I want people to come together and stand up for these animals who cannot speak out for themselves.
# 2,528:
9:51 pm PST, Nov 29,
Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 2,527:
4:52 pm PST, Nov 25,
Kris Kranjec, Florida
It is time to look at how we can keep the traditions surrounding the Stampede but at the same time, make positive changes to the Stampede, including the discontinuation of calf roping. I hope that the board of directors will take into consideration how the Stampede can become recognized for how it protect's its animals rather than harms them.
It is time to look at how we can keep the traditions surrounding the Stampede but at the same time, make positive changes to the Stampede, including the discontinuation of calf roping. I hope that the board of directors will take into consideration how the Stampede can become recognized for how it protect's its animals rather than harms them.
# 2,526:
5:38 am PST, Nov 23,
Linda M., New York
How disgusting!!
How disgusting!!
# 2,525:
11:07 pm PST, Nov 20,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 2,524:
9:50 pm PST, Nov 20,
Agnes Dziewiatkowska, Canada
I myself do not understand why in the 21st century such acts of violence still occur. I speak on behalf of my community when I ask you to please reconsider abuse as a form of entertainment.
I myself do not understand why in the 21st century such acts of violence still occur. I speak on behalf of my community when I ask you to please reconsider abuse as a form of entertainment.
# 2,523:
4:54 pm PST, Nov 17,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 2,522:
7:31 am PST, Nov 16,
Neall S., United Kingdom
# 2,521:
12:25 pm PST, Nov 15,
Gabriella Szakats, United Kingdom
# 2,520:
4:58 pm PST, Nov 14,
Lee McKay, Australia
This is no "sport". How cruel. Animals aren't THINGS for people to use for their own entertainment. Shame on you for allowing this barbaric practice to continue.
This is no "sport". How cruel. Animals aren't THINGS for people to use for their own entertainment. Shame on you for allowing this barbaric practice to continue.
# 2,519:
9:57 am PST, Nov 14,
Eliza Class, Puerto Rico
THIS UNACCEPTABLE. I STRONGLY BAN THIS HORRIBLE TORTURE IMPOSED ON THESE POOR DEFENSLESS ANIMALS...... HOW WOULD YOU HUMANS, LIKE THAT TO BE DONE TO YOU...... NOT SO MUCH FUN NOW.... SHAME ON YOU ALL THAT TORTRES THESE ANIMAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT.. i URGE YOU TO STOP THIS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.....!!!!!!! ELIZA CLASS
THIS UNACCEPTABLE. I STRONGLY BAN THIS HORRIBLE TORTURE IMPOSED ON THESE POOR DEFENSLESS ANIMALS...... HOW WOULD YOU HUMANS, LIKE THAT TO BE DONE TO YOU...... NOT SO MUCH FUN NOW.... SHAME ON YOU ALL THAT TORTRES THESE ANIMAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT.. i URGE YOU TO STOP THIS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.....!!!!!!! ELIZA CLASS
# 2,518:
6:17 am PST, Nov 14,
Jacob Park, Illinois
# 2,517:
4:57 am PST, Nov 14,
David Hargitai, Hungary
# 2,516:
4:56 am PST, Nov 14,
Maria Suli, Hungary
# 2,515:
4:55 am PST, Nov 14,
Lajos Monus, Ireland
# 2,514:
4:52 am PST, Nov 14,
Ivett Biro, Ireland
# 2,513:
3:40 am PST, Nov 14,
Lisa Price, United Kingdom
OMG I had no idea this sort of thing goes on. What sick mind dreamt this idea up??? WHY????
OMG I had no idea this sort of thing goes on. What sick mind dreamt this idea up??? WHY????
# 2,512:
10:52 pm PST, Nov 13,
Mithila Naidu, India
Rubbish activity
Rubbish activity
# 2,511:
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9:52 pm PST, Nov 13,
Jennifer Chadwick, New Mexico
Please OUTLAW this incredibly VILE, CRUEL and UNNECESSARY "sport." It is SHAMEFUL!!!! |
# 2,510:
9:41 pm PST, Nov 13,
Cindy Blackwell, Canada
When animals are treated so horrendously how can anybody think that its acceptable in the name of sport. Why do so called "cowboys" have to treat these precious creatures so inhumanly to make them themselves feel so grand. In my eyes they are pathetic
When animals are treated so horrendously how can anybody think that its acceptable in the name of sport. Why do so called "cowboys" have to treat these precious creatures so inhumanly to make them themselves feel so grand. In my eyes they are pathetic
# 2,509:
8:59 pm PST, Nov 12,
Mark Sousa, California
# 2,508:
8:12 am PST, Nov 8,
Alexandra MAUVE, France
# 2,507:
12:53 pm PST, Nov 3,
Susan Suni Ibarra, California
# 2,506:
8:26 am PST, Nov 3,
Erica Last, Wisconsin
# 2,505:
8:18 pm PST, Nov 1,
Arun Mahesh, Pakistan
# 2,504:
3:50 pm PST, Nov 1,
Marcela Sabata, Argentina
# 2,503:
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7:59 am PDT, Oct 31,
Maria Fongaro, Italy
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# 2,502:
6:35 am PDT, Oct 31,
Debra Baker, Florida
# 2,501:
3:53 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Bonnie Kirkwood, Idaho
There are plenty of sports for these individuals to become good at that do not require gratuitous fear and suffering for living creatures. Someday, we will look back and realize how barbaric this kind of "game" is. Wake up!
There are plenty of sports for these individuals to become good at that do not require gratuitous fear and suffering for living creatures. Someday, we will look back and realize how barbaric this kind of "game" is. Wake up!
